{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-10.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-10.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/10.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "10.5",
  "heading": "Draft indictment served by the prosecutor with a High Court judge’s permission",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where—\n(a) the prosecutor applies to a High Court judge under rule 10.9 (Application to a High Court judge for permission to serve a draft indictment); and\n(b) the judge gives permission to serve a proposed indictment.\n(2) Where this rule applies—\n(a) that proposed indictment constitutes the draft indictment; and\n(b) the prosecutor must serve the draft indictment on the Crown Court officer not more than 20 business days after the High Court judge’s decision.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 10.5 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/10.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}